Lens caps are important for protecting expensive camera lenses from damage. Dust, grit, and other nasty things will all quickly spoil the quality of a shot, and can even permanently damage a lens if ...

Adding the need for new parts to the cost of vintage glass can make everything prohibitively expensive, but 3D printing offers the ability to make some decent savings on the process. As eBay gets down ...

If you’re a photography enthusiast, you probably own quite a few cameras, but the chances are your “good” one will have interchangeable lenses. Once you’ve exhausted the possibilities of the kit lens, ...

Venture Partners manages a portfolio of over 1,000 technologies from university investigators and manages licensing partnerships with companies of all sizes—from startups to the Fortune 500—to bring ...

The way a normal eye functions with the brain and the environment. Illustration of what happens to the imagery from the world when projected onto a puckered or uneven retina. The blue line Illustrates ...

Camera lenses can be very pricey, but help is at hand, courtesy of filmmaker and innovator Tim Irwin. Irwin (Instagram: @functionalfilms) has produced a new low-cost prime lens called the Simple 90.

A new method to make a low-cost, high-quality lens quickly using a 3D printer has promising potential to create optical imaging lenses, customized contact lenses for correcting distorted vision, or to ...

Meta has acquired the Belgian-Dutch company Luxexcel, a 3D printing firm creating complex glass lenses for use in AR optics. As first reported by Belgian newspaper De Tijd (Dutch), the Turnhout, ...

A new study demonstrated the benefits of 3D printing for manufacturing, using a headlight lens as an example. 3D printing achieved exceptional precision and surface quality while also outperforming ...

What is a gradient index refracted lens? How are 3D GRIN lenses used? Gradient index (GRIN) lens antennas are utilized in wireless-communications applications such as satellite and radar systems. They ...

Researchers detail how they used a type of 3D printing known as two-photon lithography to create lenses that combine refractive and diffractive surfaces. In a new study, researchers have shown that 3D ...